Insecure WordPress blogs unwittingly host Blackhole malware attack

SophosLabs has intercepted a major malware campaign, spread via spam email and compromised self-hosted WordPress blogs, which attempts to infect computers using the notorious Blackhole exploit kit.

Be on your guard if you have received an email entitled “Verify your order”, as links contained within the email could take you to a poisoned webpage, designed to install malware onto your PC.

Here’s what a typical email looks like…

Read more in my article on the Naked Security website.

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Graham Cluley is a veteran of the cybersecurity industry, having worked for a number of security companies since the early 1990s when he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows. Now an independent analyst, he regularly makes media appearances and is an international public speaker on the topic of cybersecurity, hackers, and online privacy. Follow him on Twitter, Mastodon, Bluesky, or drop him an email.